Sliding gate and pulley attachment.



No. 632,569. Patented Sept. 5', I899.

M. 6. HOUSE.

SLIDING GATE AND PULLEY ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Apr. 17, 1899.) {No Model.) 2 Sheets8heet I.

ATTORNEY No. 632,569. Patented Sept. 5, 1899.

' II. 0. HOUSE.

SLIDING GATE AND PULLEY ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Apr. 17, 1899.) (N0 Mudei.) 2 Sheets8heet 2,

NITED STATES" MILTON C. HOUSE, OF

PANOLA, ARKANSAS.

SLIDING GATE AND PULLEY ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,569, dated September 5, 1899.

Application filed April 17, 1899. Serial No. 713,309. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON 0. HOUSE, a citizen of the United States residing at Pa nola, in the county of Lonke and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sliding Gates and Pulley Attachments, of which the following isa specification.

My invention is a sliding farm-gate; and it consists of a frame bearing a double-inclined beam, a gate adapted to slide open and shut by rollers working on said double inclines, and of means for operating the gate.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1 on the line :10 c.

My invention is described as follows:

1 are end base-sills.

2 is a central base-sill.

3 are vertical posts secured to the ends of the central base-sill and braced in place. 4: are arms secured to the upper ends of said vertical parts, their free ends extending to the middle of the roadway and hanging over the same about thirty feet from the gate, so that a driver of a six-horse team can sit in his saddle and open the gate to pass through and close the gate after having passed through without dismounting, by the means hereinafter described. t

5 are pulleys on the ends of arms 4, and 6 are bows to keep the ropes from jumping out of the tracks in said pulleys.

7 are end posts, one each secured to the basesills 1. On the top of the posts 7 is secured a beam 8, having a central opening 24:, having mounted thereon two double inclines 9, each provided with the track-plate 9. i

10 and 11 are central upright posts secured to the central base-sill 2, extending above the beam 8 and inclines t) and having each in its upper end a roller 12.

13 are cross-pieces to keep the ropes from jumping out of the grooves of the rollers.-

14 are rails secured to posts 7 and 10 and form a shield or housing for the gate and at the same time serve as one panel of the fence.

15 is the gate-panel,consisting of the bars 16, the uprights 17 secured to each end and to each side of said bars and leaving between them at their upper ends a space in whieh are bows 6.

right over one of the pulleys 12 and thence over pulley 5, the other to the left over pulley 12, and thence over pulley 5, the end of each rope hanging midway over the road or so near the same that a driver may reach them without'dismounting and open or close the gate. On the end of each of the ropes is a stop 25 to keep themfrom being drawn through'the At the junction ofthe two ropes is another stop 26. on said ropes that when the rollerslS reach This stop 26 is so situated the apexes 27 of the double inclines 9 it will strike against the rollers 23, journaled between the posts 10 11, and as soon as the jar is felt by the operator he slackens his hold on the rope 22 and the rollers move down the opposite incline and open or elosethe-gatepanel.

This gate may be built without the use of any bottom sills, as the posts 3, 7, 10, and 11 may be sunk in the ground; but it is better to use the bottom sills.

The operation of the gate is so apparent that it is not necessary to describe it.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A sliding gate consisting of the base-sills 1 and 2; upright posts 3, 7,10, and 11, rising from said base-sills; arms 4, extending from posts 3; pulleys 5, journaled to the ends of said arms; beam'S, having central opening 24:, and mounted on posts 7, double inclines 9, each provided with a track-rail 9', mounted on said beam, rollers 23 and 2- journaled between posts 10 and 11; just below bean S; pulleys l2 journaled in the upper ends of said posts 10 and 11, panel 15, consisting of bars 16,upright's 17, and rollers 18, each provided with grooves-18, journaled between said uprights, and adapted'to run up and down the double inclines; rope 20, secured to the upper bar of the panel; ropes 21 and 22, secured to the rope 20, and passing up between rollers 23 and. through opening 24, thence over pulleys 12 and 5, and adapted to open and close the-panel, and stop 26, secured to ropes 21. and 22, at their junction with rope 20 and adapted to strike up against rollers 23 when the rollers 18 reach the apexes 27 of the inclines, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

2. Asliding gate, consisting of the uprights 3, 7, 10, and 11; arms 4, secured to said uprights 3; pulleys 5, journaled to said arms; beam 8, having a central opening 24 and donble inclines 9, mounted on posts 7; rollers 23 jonrnaled between posts 10 and 11 just below beam 8; pulleys 12, journaled in the upper ends of said posts 10 and 11; the panel,

consisting of bars 16, uprights 17, and rollers 18, journaled between said uprights; rope 20, secured to the panel, ropes 21 and 22 secured to the rope 20 and passing between rollers 23 and over pulleys 12 and 5; stop 26,,secured 

